Its not like eloquence, its not as pronounced. You won't have a problem with it. Go to the web site of human ware and see about getting a demo unit to try out. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lindsay Yazzolino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "blind-spanish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Braillenote" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 10:08 PM Subject: [Braillenote] Keynote Spanish
Hi Everybody, Sorry about the cross-posting. I am curious about the Spanish speech on the BrailleNote for any of you who use it. I understand that it speaks Castilian Spanish, however, is it very noticeable to you that the KeyNote speech pronounces the Z and soft C like a th? The reason I ask is that I heard Eloquence speak Castilian Spanish and noticed how it pronounced these sounds like th's. After listening to the Braillenote, I have not noticed it doing the same thing. I have had a very hard time noticing it pronouncing these sounds the way I have heard Eloquence pronounce them (they sound more like S's to me on the Braillenote). Although certain aspects of the Castilian Spanish speech annoy me (probably because I have never learned using this dialect), and I am glad that they sound like S's instead of th's to me, is the speech just not very clear or is it that I have just gotten used to it over time--either that or I just have a really bad ear? I talked to a very fluent Spanish speaker in Braillenote technical support and she said that she has really noticed the th pronunciation with KeyNote. Eloquence's th's are very noticeable to me and I'm wondering if any of you think that it sounds more noticeable than those of KeyNote. I'm running 4.01 in case that matters. Just curious about what you guys think. Just let me know if you need any more clarification of what I am talking about. Thanks. Lindsay ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
